“You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.”

— Hoagy Carmichael

Song: Rockin’ Chair http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/carmichael_hoagy/1466609/lyrics.jhtml (1930).

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American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader 1899–1981

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